Concentration in Education, Culture, and Society

Coordinator: Dr. Alisa Belzer (732-932-7496, ext. 8234; email:
belzera@rci.rutgers.edu)

This concentration intends to offer a doctoral concentration that will attract a diverse cohort of students who desire systematic and rigorous advanced study of theoretical and practical issues related to social and educational equity, change, and reform. The intended audience for this concentration is school and higher education leaders, reformers, policymakers, and teachers. The goal is to enact improvements to practice and thus to improve the process of education. Students in this concentration will be challenged to understand and use research and data effectively in meeting the challenges of practice, particularly those related to equity and social justice.

REQUIREMENTS

Core Courses (24 credits)

15:255:611  Leadership I: Leadership in Schools and Communities (3)

15:255:612  Leadership II: Change Process (3)

15:255:615  Social Context I: Sociocultural Foundations of Education (3)

15:255:617  Social Context II: History of School Reform in America (3)

15:255:606  Learners and Learning I: Key Principles of Learning (3)

15:255:607  Learners and Learning II: Adult Learning and Training (3)

15:255:603  Inquiry I: Introduction to Methods and Uses of Inquiry (3)

15:255:602  Inquiry II: Program Evaluation (3)

Required Concentration Course (3 credits)

15:310:515  Philosophy of Education

Approved (but not required) Concentration Courses (18 credits)
Courses should be chosen in consultation with adviser.

15:257:569  Making Citizens: Civic Identity, Learning, and Action (3)

15:310:501  History of Educational Thought (3)

15:310:502  History of American Education (3)

15:310:503  Comparative Education (3)

15:310:508  Society, Community, and Education (3)

15:310:512  Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in Education (3)

15:310:520  Sociological Foundations of Education (3)

15:310:521  Social Philosophies and Education (3)

15:310:525  Moral Values and Public Education (3)

15:310:531  Anthropology of Education (3)

15:310:537  Ethics and Education (3)

15:310:540  Gender and Education (3)

15:310:542  Urban Education (3)

15:310:551  Role of the School in American Society (3)

15:310:561  History of African-American Education (3)

15:310:581  Special Issues in Higher Education (3)

15:310:608  Pragmatism and American Education (3)

15:310:660  Seminar in Social Studies Research (3)



Suggested Methods Courses (minimum of 3 credits)
Courses should be chosen in consultation with your adviser.


15:310:536  Methods of Educational Ethnography (3)

15:310:601  Problems in History of Education (3)

16:300:509  Qualitative Research Methods in Education I: Introduction (3)

16:300:511  Quantitative Research Methods in Education I: Introduction (3)

16:300:513  Qualitative Research Methods in Education II: Design and Analysis (3)

16:300:515  Quantitative Research Methods in Education II: ANOVA (3)

16:300:519  Quantitative Research Methods in Education III: Regression (3)

16:300:647  Historical Research in Educational Policy (3)

Dissertation (24 credits)